Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Description

Hybrid: This means the successful candidate is expected to report to their primary location (Milford, MI) three times per week, at minimum.

Relocation:

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

The Role:

The Electrification Solutions New Markets (ESNM) organization within Vehicle Mechatronic Embedded Controls, (VMEC), has an opening for a Software Quality Assurance Engineer (SQAE). ESNM is a start-up within VMEC that focuses on battery management solutions for non-automotive or unique automotive products. In this role, you will directly impact GM’s strategy to expand into new markets such as Autonomous Manufacturing, Mobile Power Generation Systems, Stationary Energy Storage Systems, Specialty Vehicles, Watercraft, and Locomotives! We are seeking creative, highly motivated, agile thinkers with great attention to detail.  

We are looking for a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to help us elevate our software built-in quality to the next level in the Vehicle Mechatronics Embedded Controls (VMEC) organization. In this role you will be using Agile methods, such as behavior driven development (BDD), to collaborate with a team of product owners, developers, and testers to ideate, create, and execute software behavior tests for the next generation of GM embedded controllers.

What You’ll do:

• Create software for battery management system functions and perform integration and verification testing with minimal direction of lead engineers.
• Analyze software defects; determine root cause, create software solution, test and verify closure.
• Performs design and analysis on changes.
• Diagnose, debug and solve issues related to battery hardware and software
• Work with teams from multiple groups to meet project milestones
• Develop test cases and write comprehensive test plans to assess software products at different system levels.
• Identify software anomalies, missed requirements and performance issues early in the development processes.
• Develop robust continuous automation methods using tools such as Python and Jenkins.
• Understand functional, safety, and compliance requirements, implementing appropriate test plans and setups.
• Execute test plans on a variety of test environments such as hardware-in-the-loop and software in-the-loop.
• Identify and resolve software problems; contribute to the team knowledge base so common software errors, corner case situations and other learnings can be retained and shared.
• Frequently collaborate with controls, diagnostic, and software cross-functional teams as well as other stakeholders to define effective acceptance criteria.
• Be an active member of the scrum team, acting as a subject matter expert to enable Solution in Context, Solution in Isolation, and System Testing
• Lead and own the creation of Simulation Needs required to meet Battery Management Solution milestones
• Lead the management and execution of CoSimulation packages used by the Electrification Solutions New Markets organization 
• Support the evaluation of CoSimulation packages, including data reviews, simulation behavioural test, automation methods, and authoring/execution of comprehensive test plans to assess software and simulation products at different system levels

Additional Job Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or other technical related field.
• 2+ years of embedded software development or test experience.
• 2+ years of Python scripting experience.
• Experience reading and debugging source code in C/C++ language

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Skills)

• Master’s Degree in Mechatronic, Software, Electrical, or Computer Engineering.
• Expert level proficiency with Python or other similar scripting languages (R, C, C++, MATLAB, VBA, or equivalent programming language).
• Proficiency in Agile processes and built-in quality concepts such as Behavioral Driven Development, Test Driven Development, or Model Based System Engineering
• Software Quality Assurance experience.
• Knowledge of applied controls theory at the Battery system level
• Working knowledge of the software development process.
• Test automation (e.g., Jenkins), regression testing, and test procedure creation.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Software-in-the-loop test environment experience.
• Hardware-in-the-loop test environment experience, including dSPACE ControlDesk
• CppUTest